Publisher: St. Martins Press, June 21st, 2022

Format: ebook

Pages: 416

Rating: 4/5 stars

Synopsis (from Goodreads):

A reality star and a cupcake-baking football player pretend to be a couple in order to save his bakery in this sweet and sexy romance from Jamie Wesley, Fake It Till You Bake It.

Jada Townsend-Matthews is the most reviled woman in America after turning down a proposal on a reality dating show. When she comes home to lick her wounds, Jada finds herself working at San Diego’s newest cupcake bakery, Sugar Blitz, alongside the uptight owner and professional football player Donovan Dell.

When a reporter mistakenly believes Jada and Donovan are an item, they realize they can use the misunderstanding to their advantage to help the struggling bakery and rehabilitate Jada’s image. Faking a relationship should be simple, but sometimes love is the most unexpected ingredient.

Fake it Till You Bake It is a sweet confection of a novel, the perfect story to curl up with and enjoy with a cupcake on the side. 

My Review:

Thanks St Martins Press for the copy of this book!
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Read if you like: fake dating trope
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After Jada turns down a proposal on a reality tv show, she becomes one of the most hated women on the internet and comes home to hide. When she comes home, her grandmother makes her get a job at a cupcake shop owned by Donovan, who is also a NFL player. When a reporter comes to the shop to ask about why Jada turned the proposal down, she lies and says she’s dating Donovan.
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I love the fake dating trope and the cupcake shop was a cute setting. This was a bit slow paced for me though, but was cute.
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CW: sexual content, bullying, ableism.